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Aidan Foster-Carter argues that Chinese business interests dominate North Korea’s international trade
In an article written for the Financial Times, Aidan Foster-Carter argues South Korea has lost the North to China in light of recent trade figures.
Aidan Foster-Carter discusses inter-Korean relations
Inter-Korean relations are like snakes and ladders. For several years it’s mostly been snakes. But now things might just be looking up a little bit on two fronts: one familiar, the other new.
Professor Ruth Holliday comments on the cosmetic surgery boom
The number of cosmetic surgery operations in the UK hit 50,000 a year for the first time in 2013.
Professor Ruth Holliday gives talk at the V&A Museum
Links were made between the deceptions imposed by the closet on the lives of the LGBT community and the way that camp emerged as a mode of enjoyment that refused distinctions of taste.
Aidan Foster-Carter discusses North Korea
Aidan Foster-Carter, honorary senior research fellow in Sociology and Modern Korea, gives his opinion on the topic of North Korea in two articles.